answering to
Under the authority
Answering to means being accountable or subordinate to someone in authority: As CEO, she answers to the board of directors.
It also means responding to a name or description: The suspect answers to the name Mike.
A third sense is matching or corresponding: a man answering to that description.
- satisfyingProducing fulfillment or pleasure
- addressSpeak to formally
- callContact by phone
- roll callAttendance-taking procedure
- responseAnswer to stimulus
acknowledging · obey · subordination · order · name · beholden · replying · compliance · reporting · command · obligation · stewardship · adherence · reacting · oversight · supervision · duty · held accountable
accountability/subordination
answering toautonomous
Self-directed and free
independent · self-governing · unaccountable · commanding · in charge of
answer, answering, answers, answered, unanswered, answerable, unanswerable